Engineering Manager, Safety

Reddit, Inc.

Engineering Manager leading a high-impact engineering team to protect users and moderators at Reddit. Building scalable safety tooling and automated defense systems using AI.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $217,000 - $303,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a high-impact team of 13 engineers enabling automated AI training and human-in-the-loop workflows at the core of Reddit’s safety strategy
Own the user-facing tools used by moderators to define and automatically enforce the rules in their communities
Own the centralized platform used by admins to train AI models for content and behavior detection at scale, process reports and appeals, and investigate suspicious users and activity
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, ML, and Operations to define and execute an AI-first platform strategy capable of supporting a 10x surge in scale while slashing incident response from days to seconds

Requirements

What you’ll need

Track record of directly managing and scaling larger engineering teams (10+ ICs) across full-stack and backend systems architectures
Deep technical competence in full-stack engineering or architecture, with solid experience in large-scale distributed systems
Able to set a roadmap for a team and its members, and deliver results with a strong customer and business focus.
Desire to coach a team, regularly gathering and providing feedback to your team and fostering a healthy team culture.
Customer focused and self-directed, innovative, biased towards action in fast-paced environments.
Familiarity with or strong interest in AI/ML engineering practices, specifically around serving, prompt engineering, or productionizing LLM/classical workflows at scale.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-stack engineeringbackend systems architecturelarge-scale distributed systemsAI/ML engineering practicesprompt engineeringproductionizing LLM workflowsautomated AI traininghuman-in-the-loop workflowscontent detectionbehavior detection

Soft Skills

team managementcoachingfeedback gatheringteam culture fosteringcustomer focusself-directedinnovationaction-orientedresults deliverycross-functional collaboration